Skirt or similar garment.



A. M. SCHNEIDER. SKIRT OB SIMILAR GARMENT. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 23,1911.

Patented Nov. 21. 1911.

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ALEXANDER M.

SCHNEIDER, OF NEW YORILJI. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS. T NEWTON EXTENSION PETTICOAT GOMIANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed June 23. 191].

SKIRT OR SIMILAR GARMENT.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

Serial No. 634,894.

' To all whom it may concern.

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Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER. a. citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a. new and Improved Skirt or Similar Garment of which hhe following is a. speritirntion.

This invention relates to a skirt. or similar garment and more particularly to no el and cfiieicnt means for adjusting its width at the waist. The construction is such that after a garment has once been adjusted it will retain its width even when taken oil and without showing any objectionable fullness. \Vhen the garment is to be laundried it may however be expanded to its normal size, so that it may be properl v washed and ironed.

lo the aremnpnnying drawing: Figure 1 is a rear view or the upper part oi: a skirt embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a front horizontal section through the adjusting means, and Fig. *1 a front view of a somewhat modified construction of the skirt.

A skirt or similar garment 10 is provided with a waist band 11 having at a suitable portion of its length a plurality of spaced apertures 11-. At a short distance from one of the last apertures the waist band is turned inward to form a told 13 which told is fastened down or fixed in suitable man ner. As shown. the means for fixing the old consist of the soeketed member '14 of a spring clasp which passes through the doubled section of the waist hand. The garment. is further provided with a flap 15 that depends from the waist band. the outer edge. of said flop coinciding sul'istantially with the hightof {old 13. This flap extends downward along the inner side of the waist band and constitutes a pocket or inclosure for the doubled portion of the latter as hereinafter explained, To flap to is secured the of the spring clasp which cooperates with the socketed member 14. To shorten the waist measure of the gal merit. the waist band is tucked or doubled underneath flap 15 to such an extent as to reduce the width of the garment to the proportions desired, Fig. 3, showing the entire apertured section of the waist. band to be folded beneath the flap, but different adjustments may obviously be selected.

Care should be taken that during the lurking operation, one ofthe apertures 12 is brought into alinement with headed member 16, so thzit when the. clasp is closed such member may pass freely through said aperture and into engagement with socket 14. After the clasp has thus been closed the size of the garment will become fixed; the intention being not to openthe clasp during dressing, :1. placket 17 being provided for the latter purpose. lvhen however the garment is to be laundried, the clas is opened so that the-inturned portion 0 the waist band may be straightened out.

In Figs. 1 3 flap 15 is shown between two apertured sections of the waist band. so that the latter maybe tucked under both ends thereof.

In Fig. 4 a separate flap 15 is shown to be formed at each side of the placket.

It is obvious that the invention is applicable to such garments other than skirts that require an adjustment of the waist. So also in lieu of permanently securing the fasteners to the garment, they may be made rcmovable therefrom.

T claim:

1. A. skirt or similar garment providedwith a waist; band having aplurality of apertures. a flap overhanging a portion of said waist. hand and forming a. pocket for accommodating o doubled section thereof and securing means for,said flap which are adapted to enpageeither one of the waist hand perforations.

2. A skirt or similar garment. provided with a waist band having a plurality of spaced apertures. a flap on the garment that projects over the waist band, 'a first fastening member carried by the waist band, and a second fastening member carried by the flap, one of said fastening members being adapted to be projected through one of said apertures into engagement wlth the other fastening member.

3. A skirt or similar garment provided with a waist band having a fixed fold and a plurality of spaced apertures at one side of said fold, a flap on the garment that projects over the waist band opposite the fold, and fastening means on the fixed fold of the Waist band and on the flap that are 10 adapted to be projected through one of said apertures. I

ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, KATHERYNE K0011. 

